Kerry McElroy

KERRY MCELROY IS A CULTURAL HISTORIAN AND WRITER HOLDING A DOCTORATE IN HUMANITIES FROM CONCORDIA UNIVERSITY, MONTRÉAL. SHE SPECIALISES IN HISTORIES OF WOMEN AND HISTORIES OF THE ARTS, ESPECIALLY INCLUDING CULTURAL HISTORIES OF MISOGYNY AND SEXUAL ASSAULT IN VARIOUS INDUSTRIES AND HISTORICAL MOMENTS. SHE HAS PUBLISHED ARTICLES ON WOMEN, HISTORY, CULTURE, POLITICS, TRAUMA, AND CINEMA IN IRISH AMERICA, THE INDEPENDENT, MONTRÉAL SERAI, AND NARRATIVE PATHS AMONG OTHER MAGAZINES AND SCHOLARLY ANTHOLOGIES. SHE HOLDS A MASTER’S DEGREE IN MODERN EUROPEAN STUDIES FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AND ANOTHER IN LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES FROM CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY. HER DOCTORAL THESIS WAS A LABOUR AND INDUSTRIAL HISTORY OF THE ABUSE OF WOMEN IN PERFORMANCE SYSTEMS AND IS CURRENTLY IN MANUSCRIPT PROCESS. SHE DIVIDES HER TIME BETWEEN EUROPE AND NORTH AMERICA.